iOS app translates as you type into one of 44 languages

The world's first wearable translator

Japan-based Logbar is introducing the ili Wearable Translator - a standalone device that does not require a Wi-Fi connection and can play back English phrases spoken into it in Spanish, Chinese or Japanese at the touch of a button in just .2 seconds.

K International

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Forbes

The ili is a hand-held translator. I've written about it before, but the short version is that you speak into it, and it says what you said in a different language. This is one of several such devices coming to market, but it's the first I've gotten my hands on.